Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39f9f74486a7b6e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: f29709fc54be352289569cdbf1811ff6 SHA-1: 1f69b6537e43430709c61d59787b1a5f09c0d497 SHA-256: 39f9f74486a7b6e7904bc72242f636e449b1ac1f801e0fd7c4b38729a67f714c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability through the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript, which in turn is likely used to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this attack vector.

Heuristics 5

  • Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659
    PDF JavaScript calls Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 is a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long argument or heap-sprayed message field passed to Collab.collectEmailInfo(). Part of a series of Acrobat JS API exploits. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 373 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
ed92fba7472befee23e51593d7873a88e756e693bc02dbb169af284c74d53649
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12579 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
985fd17b520be126adea60e4517f2691d38b05bb2103f52a9fbfb00dde6a526e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5213 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).